Porcino Furnace
Porcino Furnace
one of the many that existed in the area
Porcino Furnace is located in homonym locality, hanlet of Caprino Veronese; in the subsoil is clay and since the sixteenth century was extracted and processed for the production of bricks which were used both in that district to the city of Verona. The clay was mined during the winter from wells wide and four meters deep up to 1, more and more are coming down the clay was good, it was then left in piles to facilitate the break-up was then processed with the feet, put into molds, then allowed to dry and then placed in the kiln to bake. Of these furnaces there are only the remains, apart from one which has been restored by its owners.